Scout Mourning Amateur Sleuth Mystery Books in Order
Part ofDan Padavona Books in OrderThis page shows the Scout Mourning YA mysteries by Dan Padavona in order, with quick summaries, series background, and where to start at Kane Grove.
Last updated: January 14, 2026
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Publication Order
6 books
Zero Hour Academy
by Dan Padavona
2025
A](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FJYBQ5VV%22,%22description%22:%22A) new mystery pulls Scout into a place where appearances matter more than truth. As zero hour approaches, she has to expose what is really happening inside the academy, before someone else disappears and the doors close for good.
I'm Still Watching You
by Dan Padavona
2025
Scout](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F14V863V%22,%22description%22:%22Scout) Mourning begins receiving threats that prove someone is tracking her movements. Using her tech skills and sharp instincts, she hunts for the watcher before the stalking turns violent, and before the killer makes her the next lesson.
Don't Scream
by Dan Padavona
2025
A](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DKY3GHLN%22,%22description%22:%22A) weekend in the woods is supposed to be a break, until Scout’s friends begin vanishing one by one. With no way to contact the police, Scout must decide whether to flee or fight, while someone follows her through the darkness.
The Silent Hunter
by Dan Padavona
2024
Sixteen-year-old](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D5MHMXRG%22,%22description%22:%22Sixteen-year-old) Scout Mourning studies criminal justice at Kane Grove University and has a talent for spotting what people hide. When a popular professor dies and the truth is covered up, she forms a sleuth club and discovers someone is willing to kill again.
The Deadly Game
by Dan Padavona
2024
Scout](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0D8Z4YCY8%22,%22description%22:%22Scout) Mourning and her sleuth club stumble into a case that feels like someone is turning real lives into a competition. To stop the next move, Scout has to outthink an opponent who knows how to bait her, and how to punish curiosity.
Hit and Run
by Dan Padavona
2024
Scout](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DG5X98LF%22,%22description%22:%22Scout) returns to high school and a nightmare she thought she escaped. After someone strikes the star quarterback with a car, the principal hires Scout to find the driver, but the investigation turns dangerous when the killer shifts focus to her.
Series background & context
The Scout Mourning series is a YA thriller and mystery set around Kane Grove University, where ambition, gossip, and secrets collide. Scout Mourning is sixteen, tech-savvy, and blunt in a way adults do not always know how to handle. She graduated high school early and studies criminal justice and profiling, because she would rather understand danger than pretend it is not real.
Scout doesn’t wait for permission.
Scout’s past matters, too. A car accident left her paralyzed below the waist, and though she later regained the ability to walk, she carries the memory of that vulnerability into every decision. She is smart about risk, but she is also stubborn enough to keep going when people warn her off.
The series kicks off with a suspicious death on campus and quickly grows into bigger mysteries involving high school politics, woods at night, and predators who count on teens not being taken seriously. Scout forms an amateur sleuth club, and the friendships in that circle are as important as the clues, because the danger is often close.
The tone is tense and fast, with modern touches like online research and digital sleuthing alongside classic mystery beats. Scout was first introduced in the Wolf Lake and Thomas Shepherd books, but you can start this series on its own with The Silent Hunter and follow Scout as she learns how to survive while solving cases.
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